HM Revenue and Customs

<p>His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (commonly HM Revenue and Customs, or HMRC) is a <a href="/facts/Non-ministerial_government_department/xaCva90n">non-ministerial</a> <a href="/facts/Departments_of_the_United_Kingdom_Government/8YhJsRb0">department</a> of the <a href="/facts/UK_government/3zLlUWbx">UK government</a> responsible for the <a href="/facts/Tax_collection/5vjDlBcI">collection</a> of <a href="/facts/Taxation_in_the_United_Kingdom/5kAywpbk">taxes</a>, the payment of some forms of <a href="/facts/Welfare_state_in_the_United_Kingdom/6VdadqGB">state support</a>, the administration of other regulatory <a href="/facts/Regime/7XaMMm9D">regimes</a> including the <a href="/facts/National_minimum_wage/CSkeYFcH">national minimum wage</a> and the issuance of national insurance numbers. HMRC was formed by the merger of the <a href="/facts/Inland_Revenue/l9qUtRce">Inland Revenue</a> and <a href="/facts/HM_Customs_and_Excise/rlL6WflD">HM Customs and Excise</a>, which took effect on 18 April 2005. The department's logo is the <a href="/facts/Tudor_Crown_(heraldry)/W33HoCm8">Tudor Crown</a> enclosed within a circle.
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HM Revenue and Customs